Tony Hunter

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Tony Hunter

Tony Hunter (actually Anthony Rex Hunter , born August 23, 1943 in Ashford , Kent ) is a British-American biochemist and professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and at the University of California, San Diego .

Life

Hunter earned a bachelor's degree in 1965 , a master 's degree in 1966, and a Ph.D. in 1969. at the University of Cambridge , England. As a postdoctoral fellow he worked at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla , California (1971–1973) and at the University of Cambridge (1968–1971 and 1973–1975). He then received a junior professorship at the Salk Institute ( Assistant Professor 1975, Associate Professor 1978) and a full professorship in 1982. Since 1979 he has also had teaching duties at the University of California, San Diego , initially as Adjunct Associate Professor and since 1983 as Adjunct Professor . From 1992 to 2008 he was also a research professor at the American Cancer Society . Since 2008 he has headed cancer research at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies .

Act

Hunter has presented fundamental work on protein kinases , enzymes that phosphorylate proteins and are thus involved in the regulation of various processes in the cell. Its results play a special role in cancer research . In particular, Hunter was able to identify the tyrosine kinase Src (gene product of the proto-oncogene SRC of the same name ) and work out its importance in cell division and cancer development. Receptor tyrosine kinases also play an important role in cell signal transduction , particularly through growth factors .

Awards (selection)

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The 2001 Keio Medical Science Prize Awardees: Tony Hunter at keio.ac.jp; Retrieved December 18, 2010
  2. ^ A b The 2005 Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine at wolffund.org; Retrieved December 18, 2010
  3. ↑ Tony Hunter BA, MA, PhD, FRS at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 9, 2012
  4. ^ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - 2004 at columbia.edu; Retrieved December 18, 2010
  5. ^ Prince of Asturia Awards, Technical & Scientific Research 2004 at fpa.es; Retrieved December 18, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunter, Anthony; Hunter, Anthony R .; Hunter, Anthony Rex (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashford , Kent